Canada’s mission in Dhaka will close Sunday as a security precaution amid a widespread U.S. travel alert.

Police troopers man a checkpoint near the British embassy in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa on Saturday. Britain was among several Western countries that closed its embassy in Yemen this weekend due to "increased security concerns."

Canada will close its diplomatic mission in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Sunday as a “security precaution” amid fears among Western governments this week of an impending terrorist attack.

On Friday, the U.S. State Department issued a rare worldwide travel alert for Americans and announced the closure of 21 diplomatic missions beginning Sunday, the start of the workweek in many Muslim countries.

Bangladesh was included on the U.S. list along with countries throughout the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia.

The fact that Ottawa is closing its mission in only one of those countries is unusual, although the decision may have been influenced by the location of Canada’s High Commission in Dhaka, which is near the U.S. Embassy.

Dhaka is not immune from an Al Qaeda presence but would not have the same concentration as the other countries where U.S. embassies are closing such as Afghanistan, Iraq or Yemen.

Although there have been past instances of an elevated threat risk or embassy closures when intelligence points to an impending attack, Friday’s worldwide travel warning was unusually broad and offered a few clues.

The State Department bulletin on Friday said the attack was possibly “emanating from the Arabian Peninsula” and the threat is especially high for American interests in the Middle East and North Africa, both government and private. It said public transportation and tourist sites could be possible targets.

Suspicion immediately fell upon the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, which has launched in recent years a succession of failed attempts to target the U.S.

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